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Daniel Maguire

Group Head, Markets & CEO,  LCH Group, LSEG

Daniel Maguire

Daniel is Group Head of LSEG’s Markets Division and CEO of LCH Group. He has been a member of LSEG’s Executive Committee since 2017.

LSEG’s Markets Division combines the Group’s flagship trading and clearing businesses – the London Stock Exchange, Turquoise, LSEG FX, Tradeweb and LCH Group – with its risk management, capital optimisation, collateral management, and regulatory reporting capabilities, including Acadia and Quantile.

Daniel joined LCH in 1999 and has been CEO of LCH Group since 2017. During his career at LCH he has held a variety of senior roles including Global Head of SwapClear, ForexClear and LCH Group COO. Daniel worked at J.P. Morgan from 2005 to 2008 before returning to LCH on 1 September 2008 where he was immediately responsible for the successful trading and unwinding of Lehman Brothers’ LCH-cleared bond and repo portfolio. Daniel was based in New York from 2010-2014 setting up LCH’s business and operations in the US.

Over his career Daniel has made significant contributions to the development of CCP and derivatives regulatory frameworks across the globe and has played a leading role in the industry in LIBOR and new reference rate transition, and also the UK withdrawal from the EU and the impact on Financial Services.

Daniel is a Board Director at Tradeweb Markets Inc. He is also Board Director of LSE plc. 

Daniel J. Maguire | LinkedIn

Susi de Verdelon

CEO, LCH Ltd, LSEG

Susi de Verdelon

Susi de Verdelon is CEO at LCH Ltd, where she is responsible for driving continued expansion across LCH’s services, with a focus on sustained growth, innovation and operational excellence. She serves on the Markets Leadership Team.

Susi previously was Group Head of SwapClear and Listed Rates, where her key achievement includes executing the LIBOR transition across 9 markets, launching new data and analytics products, launching a new US ETD clearing service and significantly expanding SwapClear through the Brexit environment and more globally. She also initiated several significant technology programmes. As Group Head, Susi served on the Financial Risk Committee of LSEG, and the LCH LTD ExCo.

Prior to joining LCH in 2017, Susi was a Managing Director in the Securities Division at Goldman Sachs, where she led the front office team in charge of cross-asset regulatory change for Europe. Susi holds an MA in Economics and Management from Oxford University. Susi is a board member, Co-Head of Europe, of Women in Financial Markets (WIFM) and sits on the board of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA).

Susi de Verdelon | LinkedIn

Corentine Poilvet-Clédière

CEO, LCH SA, LSEG

Corentine Poilvet-Clédière

Corentine Poilvet-Clédière is Chief Executive Officer of LCH SA.

Prior to this, Corentine acted as Head of Repo clearing, Collateral and Liquidity management at LCH SA and as such headed the global pool of Euro denominated cleared repos, offering 13 government debts and supporting a network of more than lore than 100 banks across the globe. 

She has been with the London Stock Exchange Group since 2012 and has held various positions including Global Head of Regulatory Strategy for LSEG and supported the creation of the Credit Default Swaps clearing business for LCH. Prior to this, Corentine worked in investment banking in New York City.

Corentine holds three Masters degrees: Political Sciences in France (Science Po); Macro economy and monetary policy in the UK (Bristol University) and Finance in the US (Harvard Business School and Fordham University). 

Corentine Poilvet Clediere | LinkedIn

John Horkan

COO, Markets & LCH Group, Head of Americas, LSEG

John Horkan

John Horkan is LSEG Markets’ Chief Operating Officer and Head of Americas, including LCH Group COO.

LSEG Markets combines the Group’s flagship trading and clearing businesses – the London Stock Exchange, Turquoise, LSEG FX, Tradeweb and LCH Group – with its risk management, capital optimisation, collateral management, and regulatory reporting capabilities, including Acadia and Quantile.

As COO, John is responsible for driving execution of the divisional strategic objectives, focused on growth, resilience, efficiency, and client experience. In the Americas role, he is responsible for business performance and external engagement with members, clients, regulators, and industry groups. John has also represented LSEG on the CFTC Global Markets Advisory Committee since 2019.

John joined LCH in 2012 to help build the Americas clearing business. He served as SwapClear COO, supporting the business growth and engagement with key members, and then became LCH Group COO.

Prior to joining LCH, John held various positions over 19 years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan. He started his career as an Investment Grade Bond Salesperson, covering asset managers and hedge funds. John later served as Global Markets Sales COO, defining client strategy and developing client information analytics. His last role was Managing Director, spearheading global regulatory reform efforts.

John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in political science and economics from Hamilton College.

John W. Horkan | LinkedIn

Deepak Mohata

CFO, LCH Group, LSEG

Deepak Mohata

Deepak joined LSEG in 2019 as Head of Finance for Technology where his role covered Strategy and Decision Support, Mergers & Acquisitions and Business Partnering. Before that he spent 11 years at Barclays where his roles in Finance included deploying Profitability measurement and transformation, Financial Planning & Analysis and Business partnering across various divisions in Retail and Investment Bank.

Originally from Delhi (India) he moved to London in 2007. In India he held a variety of Audit, accounting, and commercial roles with mid-sized companies early in his career.

He is a qualified accountant (CGMA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Delhi University.

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Patricia Cuddy

Group Head of People, Markets, LSEG

Patricia Cuddy

Patricia is the Group Head of People for Post Trade and Capital Markets within the LSEG Markets division.  In this role Patricia is responsible for leading the People Strategy and managing all talent matters effecting the group and its subsidiaries.  She is a member of the Post Trade Executive Committee and a member of the People Leadership Team for the London Stock Exchange Group. Patricia brings more than 20 years of talent management and merger and acquisition expertise in financial services, technology, and data analytics.  

Prior to joining the London Stock Exchange Group, she worked at NYSE/ICE as Managing Director of Human Resources for Capital Markets and Trading Floor Operations.  Patricia has held board positions to include roles on compensation, retirement, and diversity committees.  Patricia holds a master’s degree in Human Resources Management from New York University and an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University.

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Antony Baldwin

Global Head of Collateral and Liquidity Management, LCH, LSEG

Antony Baldwin

Tony Baldwin is the Global Head of Collateral and Liquidity Management, LCH Group within LSEG Markets Division, where he is responsible for the strategic direction and growth of the company’s collateral and liquidity management.

Tony has over 30 years’ experience in financial markets and strategic business change management. Before joining LCH in 2017, Tony had spent 22 years at Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, where he was latterly Managing Director, Head of EMEA Fixed Income Division, with ExCo responsibilities for the firm’s EMEA FICC sales and trading operations. He also held an advisory position with HQLAx.

Tony currently serves on Bank of England’s Money Market Committee and UK Money Markets Code Sub-Committee, ICMA’s Market Infrastructure Advisory Group and Secondary Markets Practices Committee. Previous industry engagement has included the Bank of England's Securities Lending and Repo Committee (SLRC), ICMA’s European Repo and Collateral Council (ERCC), and LCH Ltd’s Senior Risk Committee.

Tony holds a MSc (Econs) with distinction in Accounting and Finance from The London School of Economics and Political Science.

Tony Baldwin | LinkedIn

Bruce Kellaway

CEO, Regulatory Reporting Solutions, Head of Data & Related Services, London Stock Exchange, Head of LSEG Market Infrastructure, LSEG

Antony Baldwin

Bruce Kellaway is CEO of LSEG's Regulatory Reporting Solutions business and & Head of Data & Related Services within the LSEG Markets division.

Bruce is focused on helping clients through innovation in products, processes and data. He joined the LSEG Group in 2014 to run the RepoClear business in LCH and later expanded that role to include collateral management for the clearing houses as well as running EquityClear. He also chairs the Turquoise equity trading venue for LSEG.

Prior to joining LSEG, Bruce spent 20 years at Lloyds Banking Group, where he was Head of Rates Trading and Interim Head of Trading. During his time at the bank, Bruce was instrumental in building a successful and focused rates trading function and building a leading GEMM (Gilt-Edged Market Maker).

Bruce studied Economics at the University of Durham.

Bruce Kellaway | LinkedIn

Andrew Batchelor

Head of ForexClear, LSEG

Andrew Batchelor

Andrew Batchelor is Head of ForexClear, responsible for LCH’s FX derivatives clearing service globally. With over 20 years’ experience in FX and prior to his appointment as Head of ForexClear, Andrew joined LCH in 2021 as ForexClear COO and Head of Product, to evolve the strategy, drive continued growth and innovation, and oversee the expansion of the deliverable FX and client clearing franchises.
 
Before joining LCH, Andrew spent 20 years at Barclays Investment Bank, most recently as Managing Director, Global Rates Trading & Sales COO, following on from prior roles as Global FX COO and Global EM Trading COO.
Andrew has had a deep and long-standing relationship with LCH, sitting on the bank advisory boards of both SwapClear and ForexClear since 2011, where he was both part of the bank consortium that founded ForexClear, as well as acting as Chairman in his last few years.  
 
Andrew holds a Bachelor of Business Science (Hons) degree from the University of Cape Town and is a Chartered Accountant.

Andrew Batchelor | LinkedIn

Marcus Robinson

Head of LCH CDSClear and DigitalAssetClear, LSEG

Marcus Robinson

Marcus Robinson is Head of LCH CDSClear and Head of LCH DigitalAssetClear at LCH SA, responsible for leading LCH CDSClear’s next phase of international expansion, particularly across the US, and bringing LCH DigitalAssetClear to market and its subsequent development.

Marcus has spent over 15 years at LSEG Post Trade, and was previously Head of Strategy, overseeing the Group’s strategy across LSEG Post Trade’s clearing, reporting and Post Trade solutions services. Prior to this, he was Head of Asia Pacific at LCH. Marcus has led a number of regulatory and strategic initiatives, including implementing changes to the core risk management principles of the CCP. He also played a key role in the design and implementation of LCH’s NDF service, ForexClear.

Prior to joining LSEG, Marcus worked for JPMorgan in its investment banking and asset management divisions.

Marcus Robinson | LinkedIn

Michel Semaan    

Head of RepoClear, LSEG

Rohit Verma

Michel Semaan is Global Head of RepoClear. He joined LCH in November 2024.

Michel brings with him over 25 years’ experience in repo markets and a wealth of expertise in trading and global financial markets in the areas of secured and unsecured funding, bond trading and treasury. Michel is also a highly experienced leader of trading teams and businesses, with extensive experience of building and diversifying revenue streams. Most recently, Michel served as the Global Head of Securities Financing at BBVA. Prior to that he held senior repo leadership positions at Credit Agricole, where he served as Global Head of Secured Funding and G10 non-Euro Rates Trading, and Nomura, where he was Global Head of Credit and EM Repo Trading.

Michel Semaan | LinkedIn

Nick Rustad

Head of LCH SwapClear and Listed Rates, LSEG

Rohit Verma

Nick Rustad serves as the Global Head of SwapClear and Listed Rates at LCH Ltd, a leading clearing house within the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). In this capacity, he is responsible for setting the strategic direction and driving the global growth of both businesses.

Prior to joining LCH, Nick was Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Taula Capital. He spent the majority of his 25-year career at JPMorgan Chase, where he held a series of senior leadership roles, culminating in his position as Global Head of Futures and Derivatives Clearing.

Nick has held several industry leadership positions, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Futures Industry Association (FIA) for six years, two of which he served as Chairman. He has also served as a Board Member of LCH.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management from Nottingham Trent University.

Nick Rustad | LinkedIn

Rohit Verma

Global Head of Sales and Post Trade Services, Asia Pacific, LSEG

Rohit Verma

Rohit Verma is Group Head of Asia Pacific, responsible for managing Markets business to ensure continued expansion in the region. The remit includes London Clearing House and other trading platform, risk and capital optimisation propositions. 

Rohit has over 24 years’ experience in the derivatives, prime brokerage, and risk management space. Before joining LSEG in 2021, he spent over nine years in senior strategic roles at Citi, including Head of Clearing and FX Prime Brokerage in APAC. During his tenure, Rohit also represented Citi at various Asian exchange risk committees and workgroups. Prior to this, he was Deutsche Bank’s APAC Head of Risk Management, overseeing market and counterparty risk management for their asset management business. 

Rohit holds an MBA in Finance from the National University of Singapore and is FRM certified. 

In addition to representations on various LSEG management committees, Rohit Chairs the Board of Directors for Refinitiv Transaction Services Pte Ltd. He is also on the Executive committee of Financial Markets Association of Singapore (FMAS) as well as a member of the Singapore Foreign Exchange Market Committee (SFEMC). 

Rohit Verma | LinkedIn